Nesovic headlines All-Big West selections for Gauchos

The Big West Conference released its All-Conference teams on Tuesday night, with champion Cal State Fullerton claiming a bulk of the top awards.

UCSB’s Robby Nesovic was one of two non-Titans to receive individual accolades. Nesovic was named Freshman Field Player of the Year, and UC Irvine’s Taylor Sparks shared the overall Field Player of the Year honor with Fullerton’s Carlos Lopez.

As a freshman, Nesovic led UCSB’s lineup with a .343 batting average and ranked in the top-10 among Big West hitters in both batting average (eighth) and on-base percentage (.414, 10th). In conference play, Nesovic enhanced his power numbers as the year went on, ranking third in home runs (three) and eighth in slugging percentage (.495) among Big West hitters.

Six other Gauchos were selected to All-Big West teams. Brandon Trinkwon, Dylan Hecht, Joe Woodward and Austin Pettibone are Second Team honorees, while catcher Jackson Morrow and Cameron Newell were Honorable Mentions.

Hecht led the Big West with seven saves and was second in appearances with 15. Woodward’s .389 average in Big West play was second in the conference.

Santa Barbara High product Denver Chavez made the First Team for the first time in his career at Cal Poly.

The Gauchos will take on Texas A&M on Friday at noon in the first game of the Corvallis Regional of the NCAA Tournament, which will be broadcasted live on ESPN3.com and can be heard locally on AM 1290.

2013 ALL-BIG WEST CONFERENCE


CO-FIELD PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Carlos Lopez, Cal State Fullerton
Taylor Sparks, UC Irvine

PITCHER OF THE YEAR

Justin Garza, Cal State Fullerton

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Richy Pedroza, Cal State Fullerton

FRESHMAN FIELD PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Robby Nesovic, UC Santa Barbara

FRESHMAN PITCHER OF THE YEAR

Thomas Eshelman, Cal State Fullerton

COACH OF THE YEAR

Rick Vanderhook, Cal State Fullerton

FIRST TEAM

Ronnie Shaeffer, UC Irvine (6-2 215 Sr. C)
Carlos Lopez, Cal State Fullerton (6-2 220 Sr. 1B)
Denver Chavez, Cal Poly (5-10 180 Sr. 2B)
Taylor Sparks, UC Irvine (6-4 215 So. 3B)
Richy Pedroza, Cal State Fullerton (5-6 150 Sr. SS)
Michael Lorenzen, Cal State Fullerton (6-3 200 Jr. OF)
Dominique Taylor, UC Irvine (6-1 200 Jr. OF)
Nick Torres, Cal Poly (6-1 210 So. OF)
J.D. Davis, Cal State Fullerton (6-3 215 So. DH)
Jeff McNeil, Long Beach State (6-1 165 Jr. UTL)
Thomas Eshelman, Cal State Fullerton (6-3 190 Fr. SP)
Justin Garza, Cal State Fullerton (5-11 160 Fr. SP)
Andrew Morales, UC Irvine (6-0 170 Jr. SP)
Joey Wagman, Cal Poly (6-0 185 Sr. SP)
Reed Reilly, Cal Poly (6-4 220 So. RP)
Michael Lorenzen, Cal State Fullerton (6-3 200 Jr. CP)

SECOND TEAM

Chad Wallach, Cal State Fullerton (6-3 220 Jr. C)
Connor Spencer, UC Irvine (6-2 210 So. 1B)
Steve Patterson, UC Davis (5-10 200 Jr. 2B)
Joe Woodward, UC Santa Barbara (6-1 190 So. 2B)
Matt Chapman, Cal State Fullerton (6-1 195 So. 3B),
Brandon Trinkwon, UC Santa Barbara (6-1 170 Jr. SS)
David Andriese, UC Riverside (6-2 210 Jr. OF)
Austin Diemer, Cal State Fullerton (6-2 195 So. OF)
Tino Lipson, UC Davis (5-10 150 So. OF)
Richard Prigatano, Long Beach State (6-4 215 So. OF)
Ino Patron, Long Beach State (5-11 190 Jr. DH)
Joe Chavez, UC Riverside (5-11 175 So. UTL)
Austin Pettibone, UC Santa Barbara (6-4 215 So. SP )
Andrew Thurman, UC Irvine (6-3 205 Jr. SP)
Zach Varela, UC Riverside (6-2 205 Jr. RP)
Trevor Frank, UC Riverside (6-0 195 Sr. CP)
Dylan Hecht, UC Santa Barbara (6-1 190 Fr. CP)

HONORABLE MENTION

Alexis Mercado, Cal State Northridge (6-3 215 So. C)
Jackson Morrow, UC Santa Barbara (6-0 190 Jr. C)
Clayton Prestridge, UC Riverside (5-9 175 Sr. 1B)
Juan Avila, Long Beach State (6-1 210 Sr. 3B)
Chris Rabago, UC Irvine (5-11 190 So. SS)
Devyn Bolasky, UC Riverside (5-9 155 So. OF)
Jordan Ellis, Cal Poly (6-0 190 So. OF)
Cameron Newell, UC Santa Barbara (6-1 190 So. OF)
Cal Vogelsang, Cal State Northridge (6-0 195 Sr. OF)
Nick Lynch, UC Davis (6-1 195 So. DH)
Robby Nesovic, UC Santa Barbara (6-4 220 Fr. DH)
Josh Goosen-Brown, Cal State Northridge (6-2 210 Jr. UTL)
Matt Imhof, Cal Poly (6-5 220 So. SP)
Grahamm Wiest, Cal State Fullerton (6-3 195 So. SP)
Jerry Keel, Cal State Northridge (6-6 250 So. SP)
Koby Gauna, Cal State Fullerton (6-2 220 So. RP)
Tyler Peitzmeier, Cal State Fullerton (6-2 210 So. RP)
Ty Provencher, Long Beach State (6-2 180 Fr. RP)